The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-31
A BIG REVOLUTION
IN NRrGARp TO RAILROAD BUSINESS
The Com missions Of Ticket and Passenger
Agents Abolished by tho Trunk Line and
Contra, Traffic cAssooiations-Of Gen.
erai Interest to Railroad Men,

NRw York, March SO.-Ths joint exec.
utive committee OF the Trunk lines end
the Central Traffic Association held an
important meeting ut Commissioner
Fink's Office in this city to-day, and the
result Of its deliberations will be read with
Interest by railroad men all over the
country not to mention tho scalpers. The
end sought 10 nothing less than the com.
plete abolishment Of commissions for the
sale Of passenger tickets all over the conn.
try, the inhibition to run not only as to
professional ticket brokers, but also as to
regular agents, who have for many years
been allowed commissions on their sales
OF tickets over linca connecting with those
in whose employment they have been.
The deciuion was reached unanimously.
and by such a large number OF lines that
1t is believed that 1t will prove moro etFec.
tive than previous attempts In tho same
direction, which were put into force only
on the trunk lines. This abuse, which be.
gan more than thirty-fve years ago, has
grown TO ouch enormous proportions that
1t is estimated 1t 10 now costing tho rail.
ways Of the Unite States, directly and in.
directly, a. the rate Of moro than 5000.
600 annually, and has to great extent
been tho means by which the ticket scalp.
era have been built up.
At q meeting held in New York on the
23d inst, at which tho General Passenger
Agents Of the trunk lines, the Central
Traffic Association, the New England
Passenger Association and the Southern
Passenger Association, as we'll AZ a large
number Of lines in New England, New
York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, not
members OF either Of the above associe-
tions, representing ninety.two trRnopor-
tstion companies, unanimously recon-
mend the total stoppage OF commission
payments, not merely to ecalpers, but to
The regular ticket agents OF the roads
themselves, and that all proper means
be used to secure its accomplishment
without delay. On the following day this
action was approved by the presidents and
managers and joint committees, and the
commissioner was Instructed to issue
circular covering that action. The circular
the above action your are hereby notified
tha. no commission or other compensation
OF any kind or character will be paid or
participated in by the aforementioned
lines Tor the sale Of tickets or for the sc.
curing Of passenger traffic over those lines
or any OF them, from and after April /,
1851" By authority OF the managing
officers Of tho roads here signed, among
which are the following.
Allegheny Valley, Baltimore & Ohio,
Buffalo, New York. & Philadelphia, Gin
cinnati & Muskingum Valley, Washing-
ton & Baltimore, Columbus 4 Cincinnati
Midland, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincin-
natl d Indianapolis, Cleveland, Akron 4
Columbus, Columbus, Hooking Valley e.
Toledo, Chicago, st. Louis & Pittsburgh,
kenswha Il Ohio, Lake Shore, Lake Erie
x Western, Louisville 4 Nashville, Michi-
gan Central, Michigan & Ohio, New York,
Pennsylvania & Ohio, New York, Lake
Erie & Hudson, New York, Chicago & St.
Louis, Ohio River, Ohio < Northwestern,
Pittsburgh 4 Western. Pennsylvania
Company, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, Pitts
burgh, Cincinnati 4 st. Louis, Toledo,
Columb bus & Southern, Toledo 4 Ohio,
Central. Wheeling & Lake Erie.
In addition to the above the following
lines in the central traffic association have
notified this office that they pay no COM
misaiona and commissions have been ex-
terminated by most Of the New England
roads, OF their own yolition: Bellaire'
hlnesyile & Cincinnati. Cincinnati South
ern, Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling, Cleve-
land & Marietta, Cincinnati < Portsmouth,
Cleveland 4 Canton, Fl. Wsyne, Cincin-
natl Il Louisville, Illinois Midland aud
Valley.